Odd Jobs
by Updike, John
John Updike was born in Shillington, Pennsylvania, in 1932. He graduated from Harvard College in 1954 and spent a year in Oxford, England, at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. From 1955 to 1957 he was a member of the staff of The New Yorker. His novels have won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Rosenthal Foundation Award, and the William Dean Howells Medal. In 2007 he received the Gold Medal for Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. John Updike died in January 2009.
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Odd Jobs: Essays and Criticism
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0679404147 . Signed by Updike on the front free endpaper. Green cloth with pale pink topstain. Faint smudging to the rear board. The dust jacket has a mild crease to the bottom corner. Binding sound, an unmarked copy. A volume… Read more about this item Item Price
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Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 919 pages, with index. Updike's fourth collection of non-fiction prose. 8vo, green cloth with usual Knopf gilt lettering, top corner of rear board a little frayed, in unclipped DJ with light wear along top, bookstore sticker on back panel. Pages bright and unmarked. Heavy book, may require… Read more about this item Item Price
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by UPDIKE, JOHN
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New York: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1991. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight over-all clean carefully read copy. This copy has some light pagedge soil, light fading to board extremities. The 35.00 jacket has some rubbing wear, light soil, light edge wear. A 900+ page compilation edition that contains most … Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Knopf. Fine in Fine+ dust jacket. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A rare signed set of the first edition book and the rare uncorrected proof. Proof also signed and at time of posting no other signed copies available for sale. Updike's 4th collection of essays and criticism. The book is in fine condition, clean… Read more about this item Item Price
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ODD JOBS: ESSAYS AND CRITICISM [SIGNED]
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Thick Octavo; 919 pages; VG-/VG-; White and Green Pictorial spine with Green and Gray text; Bound in green cloth with silver and gilt lettering; Deckled Fore edge; Dustjacket protected by mylar covering, minor edgewear; Textblock has brown marks along head edge; Signed by John Updike on front endpaper;… Read more about this item Item Price
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Odd Jobs.
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(London), Andre Deutsch, (1992).. First UK Edition; 8vo; pp. xxii 919; index; original cloth, damaged dustjacket; cloth bumped, page edges flecked; otherwise a very good copy. With a slip signed by the author. Item Price
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0679404147 . First edition/first printing in about Fine condition in alike dustjacket, SIGNED by author John Updike directly on the front end page. De Bellis/Broomfield A137a; This book is a collection of short stories that explore the lives of everyday people.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Odd Jobs: Essays and Criticism
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. First edition. Boards slightly bowed with some bumping on the corners, faint stains along the page edges, rear hinge cracked, about very good in an about fine dust jacket with corresponding wear. Signed by the author. Item Price
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Odd Jobs: Essays And Criticism
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Andre Deutsch Ltd, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Essays and Criticism. A lovely copy in very good+ condition with no inscriptions and lovely clean pages. Dust jacket also very good remaining unclipped and in a removable plastic sleeve
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Odd Jobs: Essays and Criticism
by Updike, John
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK FINE/JACKET FINE. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN, NICE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, ATTRACTIVE DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. 1st printing. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS.… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Massive collection of some of the nonfiction work from the prolific author of the Rabbit Angstrom series and numerous other books. A tight close to near fine copy with a remainder dot to the bottom edge and mark to the fore edge as well in a very… Read more about this item Item Price
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Odd Jobs: Essays and Criticism
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Odd Jobs : Essays and Criticism
by Updike, John (1932-)
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London : Penguin In Association With Andre Deutsch., 1992. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 919 pages; Physical desc. : xxii, `919p. ; 24cm. Subjects: American essays - 20th century - Collections. Item Price
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